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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.

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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
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The mills of God grind slowly.
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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, 2,460 years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race
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False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the social life of nations.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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The minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.
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We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.
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The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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